It’s hard to believe that the first iMac appeared nearly nine years ago, that famous Bondi blue pear-shaped personal computer that proved to one and all that Apple was here to stay. In fact, I had a prototype model, although it soon had to be returned to Apple after a firmware update killed it.
After going [...]

After all the anticipation and excitement about the secret features of Mac OS 10.5 Leopard and possible hardware announcements, the cup was half filled. Of course, that’s not so bad, considering all the things that Leopard has to offer.
Take the confusing interface of today’s Mac OS X. You have platinum and brushed metal and dark [...]

It seems quite certain that most of you trust Apple Inc., at least to some extent. After all, you buy their products, and no doubt depend on your Macs for a wide variety of critical tasks, such as balancing your checkbook, creating Web sites, writing and publishing books, magazines, newspapers and lots more.
If you [...]